I encourage anyone who considers themselves a basketball purist to watch Ausar on defense for at least three possessions. He is a one-man disruption.
I think he’s already the best perimeter defender in the NBA. The Pistons anchored their run in the 2000s behind Ben Wallace. He is about to be that defensive anchor for this iteration of the Pistons.
Cade and Paolo ended up guarding each other a ton in this series. Here are the final numbers:
Cade (guarded by Paolo): 41 pts, 3 TOVs, 14/28 FG (61.6% TS)
Paolo (guarded by Cade): 39 pts, 5 TOVs, 13/37 FG (46.1% TS)